This American Life Overview Of The Economic Crisis

by TAL (reposted)

Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:22AM

Alex Blumberg and NPR's Adam Davidson—the two guys who reported our Giant Pool of Money episode—are back, in collaboration with the Planet Money podcast. They'll explain what happened this week, including what regulators could've done to prevent this financial crisis from happening in the first place. You can learn more about the daily ins and outs and join the discussion on the Planet Money blog.

Listen Online:

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1263

§The Giant Pool of Money

by TAL (reposted)

Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:23AM

A special program about the housing crisis produced in a special collaboration with NPR News. We explain it all to you. What does the housing crisis have to do with the turmoil on Wall Street? Why did banks make half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income? And why is everyone talking so much about the 1930s? It all comes back to the Giant Pool of Money.

Listen Online:
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=355

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